Highlights of the situation report
Fourty-nine (49) cases tested positive for COVID-19. These include returnees from South Africa (28) and 21 local cases who are isolated. Seven (7) of the local cases are contacts of known confirmed cases, investigations are underway to establish the source of infection for the remaining 14. We regret to report one death at community level. The death occurred in Midlands Province and was detected during routine post-mortem as part of our COVID-19 surveillance. We await the full post-mortem report of the direct cause of death. 1707 RDT screening tests and 412 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 91103 (53755 RDT and 37328 PCR). Matabeleland South Province reported (15) recoveries. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak on 20 March 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is 1034; recovered 343, active cases 673 and 19 deaths,.Number of tests done
Number of Confirmed Cases
Number
Recovered
Number of
Active
Cases
Deceased
Province
RDT
PCR
New
Cum
New
Cum
New
Cum
Bulawayo
514
58
5
188
0
39
142
0
7
Harare
601
295
30
318
0
76
234
0
8
Manicaland
180
0
0
32
0
21
11
0
0
Mash Cent.
42
0
0
11
0
4
7
0
0
Mash East
0
0
3
86
0
43
43
0
0
Mash West
120
17
0
58
0
2
55
0
1
Midlands
146
8
9
92
0
57
33
1
2
Masvingo
44
33
2
65
0
51
14
0
0
Mat North
57
1
0
25
0
13
11
0
1
Mat South
3
0
0
159
15
37
122
0
0
Total
1707
412
49
1034
15
343
673
1
19
Mashonaland East Province received positive results from NMRL.
High numbers of recoveries were reported based on the new WHO criterion for discharging patients from isolation:
For symptomatic patients: 10 days after symptom onset, plus at least 3 additional days without symptoms (including without fever and without respiratory symptoms). For asymptomatic cases: 10 days after positive test for SARS-CoV-2.